Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[FUJIMO]

[FUJIMO]

...the usual 45 minute wait to be seated outside...

[FUJIMO]

...outside bar service...

[FUJIMO]

...valet, of course...

[FUJIMO]

...inside always packed, for the 30+ years we've been going...

[FUJIMO]

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[FUJIMO]

...prime rib...

[FUJIMO]

[2us70]

Have eaten at Houston's a few times. Always for special occasions. Mabey I should think of one soon.

[jackiewilson]

BLESS YOU FUJI WILL CONCEDE ITS A BIT OF UP MARKET, DOESN‘T EXACTLY REEK „“CLASS“ AND ELEGANCE THOUGH——— AND ITS A TAD DATED . BUT— THE FODDER DOES LOOK CLASSY———
—wholesome and EDIBLE
New upmarket places pop up all the time in England——- afraid the jock they serve is simply enhanced with red sauce out of a piping tube instead of slapping the arse of a ketchup bottle!!!!!!!
Prices of a half tidy lunch have gone up from £15/20 ——— to a whopping £40/50 .
Yes ,i do know . Eating houses are going to try to make up for lost time with price hikes —— but they have to be careful the worms dont turn!!!!!!!!!
Food i get served at home is superior to the crap i was served last time out.
Even the price of the humble fish and chip supper has gone up by a third .
On my twice weekly visits to the recycling facility [scrapyard] i see stainless catering units -worktops and ovens, where another restaurant has gone to the wall.
An 8oz filet steak at home costs me a tenner ———- same thing in any eating house starts at thirty five quid —— why the hell would i go out to eat [ unless some other bugger‘s paying ].
I must remember to show you some of the newer eating places that have sprung up around CHICHESTER.
There have always been classic restaurants like CARLUCCI and RAYMOND BLANC—- INDIAN—-CHINESE ——- TAI and GREEK. —— SANDWICH BARS ——- SUBS——
But since BREXIT there is a new breed of seafood supplier started up in business——FISHERMEN —- crafty entrepreneurial sailors who own their own boats, have started employing the best chefs , to put together packages of expensive fish at cheap prices —- usually boxes start around £50 — to £100, delivered overnight . That means its fresher than going to a fishmonger , and a hell of a lot cheaper .
Just what this has got to do with the price of a new all electric MERCURY 250 horsepower, i have no idea?????? Have you ??????

[FUJIMO]

...you started it jackie, by posting those damn delicious looking food plates...lol

[jackiewilson]

...you started it jackie, by posting those damn delicious looking food plates...lol

Very true Fuji, that was last Friday nights supper prepared by my youngest daughter Sam and her husband Clive . Total cost of the whole shebang was under £100 including Champagne and a bottle of white burgundy. Coffee [a la „“CLOONEY“ but with Baileys] and chocolates .
next eating house is going to have to come up with something mighty special to entice me away from my usual Friday night „“BIG EATS“.
Tomorrow- its my youngest sister Jans birthday bash [she‘s 70 years young] . Sam is doing the catering, at the beach house . Will try and post you some pictures of both the food and the people .

[jackiewilson]

DONT suppose many of you are aware of the fact that here in the UK , we get FREE medical care and hospital treatment . We do have to pay for ongoing medication [unless you are over 70, then its for free]. It‘s called the NHS. [ national health service] .. it cost‘s TRILLIONS to keep it running.
doctors and nurses from all over the world scramble to get a job there.
Point im getting to is... its not the doctors and nurses that are getting the money ——[nurses have to pay to use the car park every day] Not the hospitals —-or the equipment !!!!!
ITS THE BLOODY ADMINISTRATION THATS TAKING ALL THE MONEY. PAY FOR ANYONE IN ADMIN IS OBSCENE !!!!! MORE THAN ALL THE NURSES AND DOCTORS PUT TOGETHER ..
In the old days Hospitals had an overall chief ——-MATRON—— she was god on high. Ran everything on her own ,was totally in charge and ran, was responsible for everything .
they reckon it takes 100 admin workers in every hospital to do the same job matron did.
Nurses were the fighting cause that saw off the covid pandemic ——— have been offered a lousy 1percent increase in pay ————-fat cat administrators have ten and twenty percent increases —- on top of the million pound salaries and five million retirement pensions after five years 1!!!!!!!!!!!
Something is not quite right somewhere———- first thing they should do is give all nurses and doctors free car parking. It’s a feckin disgrace ,at the minute.